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1947 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1947, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

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Life with Father
Written by: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Starring: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn
Country: United States of America
Outline: A humorous look at a turn-of-the-century New York family, focusing on the father who is both loving and overbearing.
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Road to Rio
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
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The Egg and I
Written by: Betty MacDonald, Chester Erskine, Fred F. Finklehoffe
Directed by: Chester Erskine
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main
Country: United States of America
Outline: On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.
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Green Dolphin Street
Directed by: Victor Saville
Starring: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed
Country: United States of America
Outline: In 19th-century New Zealand, a young woman is torn between two men: a sailor and a missionary.
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Mother Wore Tights
Directed by: Walter Lang
Starring: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Rory Calhoun
Country: United States of America
Outline: A musical about a vaudeville couple who raise a family while traveling the country.
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Cass Timberlane
Directed by: George Sidney
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott
Country: United States of America
Outline: A judge falls in love with a younger woman, leading to complications in his personal and professional life.
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The Fugitive
Written by: Dudley Nichols
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz
Country: United States of America
Outline: In a Latin American country where the government has outlawed public religious displays, the last priest (Henry Fonda) in a village seeks refuge in a church, disguised as a peasant. Discovered by an Indian woman, Maria (Dolores del Río), the priest agrees to baptize her children and other poor people in the village. The priest's efforts to escape the military police are constantly upset by the desperate religious demands of the local people, and a beggar intent on turning him in.
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Out of the Past
Written by: Daniel Mainwaring
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
Country: United States of America
Outline: A private investigator is lured out of his quiet life to investigate the disappearance of a young woman's husband, only to find himself entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Marilyn Nash
Country: United States of America
Outline: A charming man with a dark secret, Monsieur Verdoux, supports his family by marrying and murdering wealthy women, leading to a series of darkly comedic events.
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Written by: Philip Dunne
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young widow rents a seaside cottage and becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner, leading to an unexpected and enduring relationship.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Written by: George Seaton, Valentine Davies
Directed by: George Seaton
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn
Country: United States of America
Outline: A department store Santa Claus claims to be the real Santa, leading to a court case to determine his sanity and authenticity. The film explores themes of belief and the Christmas spirit.
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Odd Man Out
Written by: R.C. Sherriff, F.L. Green
Directed by: Carol Reed
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: A wounded fugitive's dark odyssey through the streets of Belfast. Following a 'fundraising' robbery which goes horribly wrong, the badly injured, abandoned, and increasingly delirious IRA leader wanders the city in search of an escape route from the British authorities.
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Brute Force
Written by: Richard Brooks, Robert Patterson, John Paxton
Directed by: Jules Dassin
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford
Country: United States of America
Outline: An aging convict is determined to escape from prison, but his plans are thwarted by a sadistic warden.
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The Lady from Shanghai
Written by: Orson Welles
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia
Country: United States of America
Outline: Seaman Michael O'Hara becomes entangled in a complex murder plot after joining a yachting cruise with the enigmatic Mrs. Bannister.
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Dark Passage
Written by: Delmer Daves, David Goodis
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead, Clifton Young, Houseley Stevenson
Country: United States of America
Outline: An escaped convict, Vincent Parry, undergoes plastic surgery and seeks the truth behind his wife's murder, with the help of a woman named Irene Jansen.
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